Narrative Life

Tomcat  Tomcat  R
Händl Klaus
Austria / 2016 / Color / 114mins

Andreas and Stefan lead a happy life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna's vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large circle of friends. An unexpected and inexplicable outburst of violence suddenly shakes up the relationship and calls everything into question – the blind spot that resides in all of us.

Paris 05:59  Paris 05:59  R
Olivier Ducastel / Jacques Martineau
France / 2016 / Color / 97mins

Théo and Hugo encounter each other’s bodies in a sex club. They talk, things blur into the haziness of unbridled desire, then take shape for a moment as their gaze meets before they resume their exploration and lose themselves anew. A few moments later the two men feel the need to go outside. Together they drift down the deserted streets of nocturnal Paris. Do they want to know more about each other? Will their trust be rewarded? What are their expectations?

You'll Never Be Alone  You'll Never Be Alone  R
Alex Anwandter
Chile / 2016 / Color / 81mins

After his gay teenage son, Pablo, is badly beaten up by some homophobic youngsters, Juan, a withdrawn manager at a mannequin factory struggles between having to pay his son's exorbitant medical bills and his last attempt at making partner at his company. As he runs into dead-ends and unexpected betrayals, he'll discover that the world can be violent with him too. Juan has made too many mistakes, but his son can still be saved.

Liebmann  Liebmann  PG12
Jules Herrmann
Germany / 2016 / Color / 82mins

Teacher Antek Liebmann moves to the French countryside in an attempt to leave his former life in Germany behind. He soon gets a job and finds himself in a new relationship. But the strange energy of a near-by artists residency and an unexpected visitor from Germany make him realize he cannot escape his memories. He must find a way of confronting the ghosts of his past.

Rara  Rara  P
Pepa San Martín
Chile / Argentina / 2016 / Color / 90mins

Since their parents split up, Sara and her younger sister live with their mother, whose new partner is a woman. Everyday life for the four of them is hardly any different than it is for other families. But not everyone sees it that way – Sara's father in particular has his doubts. As Sara’s 13th birthday approaches, she feels rather overwhelmed: her first crush, a body in the midst of changes and to top it off, conflicts over loyalty with her parents.

Front Cover  Front Cover  PG12
Ray Yeung
USA / 2015 / Color / 87mins

Front Cover is about a gay New York City fashion stylist, Ryan, who detests and rejects his Asian upbringing. He is given an assignment to style Ning, a foreign actor, for an important photo shoot. After a rocky start, an unlikely friendship develops between them leading Ryan to examine his identity and make a major decision about an enticing new path for his life and career.

Miles  Miles  PG15
Nathan Adloff
USA / 2016 / Color / 90mins

It's 1999, the beginning of senior year, and 17-year-old Miles cannot wait to start film school in Chicago. But when his father suddenly dies of a heart attack, Miles discovers that the patriarch has squandered the family's entire savings on his mistress, leaving the teen and his mother Pam without a dime. Desperate to leave his small-town life, Miles happens upon a volleyball scholarship for Loyola College. The trouble is, his high school doesn't have a boys' volleyball team... but it does have a girls' team.

Spa Night  Spa Night  PG15
Andrew Ahn
USA / 2016 / Color / 97mins

Like many first generation immigrants, David Cho serves as the intermediary between his parents’ insular Koreatown life in Los Angeles. When the family restaurant is forced to close, the balance of the household is threatened and tension mounts at home. In an unfamiliar twist on more familiar immigrant stories, David does not accept his parents’ dreams for him to pursue an education and decides to help his family make ends meet by secretly taking a job at a Korean spa. There, David finds himself suddenly exposed to the clash between traditional Korean culture and the underground world of gay hook-ups.

Holding the Man  Holding the Man  R
Neil Armfield
Australia / 2015 / Color / 128mins

Based on the much loved and hugely successful memoir and stage play of the same name, Holding the Man is the warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15 year long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo. Tim was an aspiring actor. John, the captain of the school football team. Their relationship blossomed and endured in the face of prejudice, adversity and the cruel illness that devastated the gay community in the '80s.

Women Who Kill  Women Who Kill  PG15
Ingrid Jungermann
USA / 2016 / Color / 96mins

Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, hosts of a female serial killer-centric podcast, still show all the signs of being a couple. But everything changes when Morgan falls hard and fast for the mysterious Simone. Jean shows Morgan proof that Simone may not be who she says she is, and Morgan starts to notice red flag. As they uncover disturbing clues, Morgan has to examine all the evidence in front of her: Is she just afraid of what it means to be in a relationship or is her life actually in danger?